Ways to combat stress while preparing for competitive examination

Stress is a psychological condition that is heavily experienced by students / candidates when they study various subjects for competitive examination whether it is IAS, CAT, Bank PO, GATE or any other. People around us normally advice not get stressed, and just be relaxed. But these statements sometimes do not give relief to candidates who are loaded with study material and they have to prepare thoroughly to beat competition.

It is imperative to follow stress relief tactics to eradicate stressful situation to get success in competitive examination. Refer to following tactics. These will work to alleviate stress level.

Candidates who are appearing for competitive examinations must acquire study skills to learn complex concepts easily. This will lessen stress feeling.

Sometimes, candidates experience excessive stress as they have tight schedule and they do not devote time to study subject matter. Candidates with busy schedules, can have irregular sleep. This can directly affect performance and increase stress level. Therefore it is advised to make proper time management and allot time to study particular subject such as breaking up studies into smaller chunks, and other time management skills. It depends on learning habit of students. Some students learn fast in the evening so they can fix morning time for learning difficult topic of the course. Time plan will release stress level as candidates have feeling that they can cover all the topics with in specified time and meet the target. Never worry even if the topics are not covered in specified period. Topics for competitive examinations are vast. If you have studied majority of them, you can succeed in examination.

It is also suggested to study in organized way. Candidates must make system of organization for note taking, keeping track of assignments, and other important papers. It will give peace to them as everything is controlled and they can meet deadlines and test dates. Candidates can keep a calendar, a schedule, and a filing system for school assignments. It will avert a stress.

Another possible way to combat stress is to find suitable environment for study. Soothing environment will alleviate stress and candidates may feel calm. They will be able to learn difficult subjects in less time. Visualizations and imagery are established stress management techniques. Candidates can lessen stress and improve performance by imagining self-achieving the set goals. They can spend few minutes each day and visualize, in detail, whether it is giving a presentation without nervousness, acing an exam, or something else that will help them to succeed. Then work hard and decrease stress of last moment.

It is always good to think positively and focus sincerely on studies. It will definitely feel candidates comfortable and they can thoroughly prepare for competitive examination to succeed among huge number of aspirants.